![]() ![]() ![]() The animations are also wooden and aren’t what gamers expect from a modern AAA title. Combat and item pickup are still clunky, and that detracts from the experience as a whole. Many other problems from the original Elex are back too. The game looks like an early Xbox One title, it just renders at 4K resolution. Unfortunately, the lighting has to be the biggest letdown. I would guess that the title fluctuates between 40 to 50 FPS at any given time. However, it doesn’t approach the smoothness offered by a 60 FPS presentation. Socketing different parts into weapons grant them added bonuses.Įlex II looks crisp on Xbox Series X and appears to be running at a frame rate above 30 frames per second (FPS). The game also allows you to eventually customize items. You’ll need this because the more you explore, the tougher the enemies become. You can apply points toward regular traits like Constitution or Dexterity. Just like other role-playing games out there, Elex II grants you experience that can make your character stronger. While I haven’t reached the end of Elex II yet, I imagine it changes that up a little bit too. This influences how the game plays out because it shifts how certain characters respond to your presence. Depending on who you side with and who you talk to, you either gain Creation or Destruction points. Sound familiar?Įlex II features a morality system that’s somewhat unique to that franchise. You have to meet with various factions and convince them to fight on your side against an alien threat. The game takes a lot of inspiration from titles like Mass Effect that feature similar goals. Not only do you have to vanquish these space invaders, but you also have to form alliances with warring factions. It starts off in a rather spectacular fashion where a foreign object falls on his house and creatures tainted with a substance known as Dark Elex infect you. ![]() Initially, you can only use it to jump small distances, but eventually, you’ll be flying like Iron Man across vast distances.Įlex II continues Jax’s journey. The best part about Elex II has to be its jet pack. There are robust crafting and foraging systems that require you to pick up materials such as herbs and ore, that can later be created into various items like healing tonics. These technical issues occurred far less compared to Skyrim’s bugs, and that’s what stands out.Elex II features a massive open world filled with varying enemies – from humans to monsters – and items scattered everywhere. Sure, the game also features a handful of bugs and it crashed on us twice, but it is nothing comparable to a Bethesda game. Elex 2 very much feels like a triple-A title through the scope of an older computer game. Some of the combat and movement animations are a bit awkward, set pieces and open-world items like mountains have a general lack of definition, but overall, it’s all very nit-picky things. Of course, there’s the general lack of polish fans can expect from the genre in Elex 2. Overall, it was a wild ride that brought out the best of open-world games. In the first chapter alone, we were invited to a Billy Idol concert, had to solve an in-depth and surprising murder mystery (which we were accused of perpetrating), became a double-agent, and so on. Some quests require players to fetch items, escort characters, or kill X number of enemies, but for every basic quest, there’s a unique one. Players can go just about anywhere they want, especially with the help of their jetpack, but they’ll need to be wary about stumbling into a powerful enemy. The gameplay and quests are pretty standard fare in format-it’s an open-world game with no limits. ![]()
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